Geosciences Administration

Jessica Tierney’s paper on the Green Sahara in Science Advances

Submitted by Alicia on Wed, 01/18/2017 - 14:19

Associate Professor Jessica Tierney and a team of researchers have identified the climate pattern that generated a "Green Sahara" from 5,000 to 11,000 years ago. The region had 10 times the rainfall it does today. A paper on the research was published in Science Advances. Read the UA News story here: Green Sahara's Ancient Rainfall Regime Revealed by Scientists.